Mrs. Millie Harden looking for her sister Mrs. Anna Davis

Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)

June 5, 1914

LOST RELATIVE
Mrs. Millie Harden of Morris county
Kansas would like to find her sister,
Mrs. Anna Davis of St. Paul, Minn.,
who was comming to Des Moines, Iowa
Please call at 125 W. 3rd street.
Mrs. Millie Harden.

Charles M. Dutcher looking for witness Logan Welch

Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)

February 13, 1914

Mrs. Julia Winn found her sister Mrs. Emery

Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)

August 15, 1913

LOST RELATIVES FOUND.
Separated from one another since
they were 8 years old, more than
fifty years ago, Mrs. Julia Winn of
Ottumwa, who has not seen her sis-
ter, Mrs. Emery of Highland Park,
this city. These sisters found one
another through Mrs. James Bown of
Ottumwa, who is a relative of them
and had come up here to visit with…

John Carr

Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)

November 23, 1894

MISSING BOY.

His Parents Are Anxious to Hear From
Him.

LAKE MILLS, Nov. 10. -- Laurence
Carr left his home, at Bristol, on
September 17, 1894; he was seen last at
Oskaloosa, October 17, 1894. He is 13
years old, small size, thick set, brown
eyes, brown hair. His parents grieve.
Any information will be thankfully received.
The…

James Heater

Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)

November 16, 1894

Missing Boy.

Borrowed a Horse and Buggy and
Disappeared.

Independence, Nov. 16. - James
Heater, 15 years old, residing east of
town, borrowed a horse and buggy
from a neighbor in his father's name.
Subsequent developments prove the
father knew nothing of the transaction,
and search has failed to discover…

W.H. Milligan

Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)

August 4-18, 1905

NOTICE.

To those who have made inquiry
in regards to the address of W. H. Milligan,
G. M. of Grand Lodge of Iowa
and Jurisdiction, we would state that
a letter addressed, R. F. D. No. 3,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, will reach him.

W.H. Pitzer

Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)

May 1, 1896

AN IOWA GIRL IS LOST.

Pretty Maud Pitzer, of Silver City,
Disappears in Omaha.

OMAHA, Neb., April 29. — W. H. Pitzer,
of Silver City, Ia., has been in the city
for several days in search of his sister,
Miss Maud Pitzer, aged 21. Pitzer
says his sister was a teacher in the
schools at Hillsdale, Ia., until Monday,
April 20, when…

Sarah Borras searching for Steve Martin

Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)

January 4, 1895

NOTICE.

Does any of our readers know of the
whereabouts of Steve Martin, who
twelve years ago was employed in a
Des Moines bank? His sister, who is
now Mrs. Sarah Borras, of 312 West
Third street, Leadville, Colorado, wishes
to find him.

Charles Owens searching for his brother Harry Bowen

Ottumwa Courier (Ottumwa, IA)

January 14, 1869

Information Wanted.

A colored man commonly called
Harry Bowen, escaped from his master,
Jerry Wayland, near St. Francisville
Mo., about New Years night 1859.

It is supposed that he went to
Chicago, and from there to Canada,
but has not been heard from since
his escape, notwithstanding the
three hundred dollars in specie offered…

Henry Tolliver finds his father, Alfred Tolliver, after 55 years

Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)

August 7, 1903

EDITORIALS.

REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE

Henry Tolliver, a leading citizen, living at 1413 Fremont street is about to start on a trip to Leavenworth, Kans., to visit his aged father, whom he has not seen since he was sold on the slave block over a half century ago, at the age of 9 years. The father is a man of remarkable age and according to a son…

Robert Warren and Charity Atwater reunited after 53 years and remarry

Davenport Sunday Democrat (Davenport, IA)

June 6, 1897

Married After Fifty-three Years.

Oskaloosa, June 5. There was solemnized here today a wedding that reunited “Uncle” Robert Warren, of Oskaloosa, and Charity Atwater, of North Carolina, after a separation of 53 years. The two were married according to slave laws at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 60 years ago. Seven years later after five children…

Mrs. McDora Dungee looking for her father Allen Bradford

Iowa State Bystander (Des Moines, IA)

October 26, 1894

INFORMATION WANTED

DES MOINES, IOWA, Oct. 22, 1894.-
EDITOR BYSTANDER: I want to enquire for my father, Allen Bradford. The last time I heard of him was in 1863. He was a barber on a boat running from Montgomery, Ala., to Mobile. He had four daughters who belonged to a family named Bibb. The names of his daughters were: Kate, McDora, Jessie and…